{"product_id":"xanti-schawinsky","title":"XANTI SCHAWINSKY, 2015","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlexander \"Xanti\" Schawinsky (born in 1904 in Basel, died in 1979 in Locarno) gained recognition during his lifetime primarily through his work in the theater department at the Bauhaus. Building on his experiences there, Schawinsky developed his theater theory of \"Spectodrama\" in the 1930s while teaching at the Black Mountain College, a legendary art school in North Carolina that provided refuge to many European emigrants during the Nazi era. \"Spectodrama\" consisted of multimedia performances that represented an early form of \"Happening,\" later made famous at the same institution by John Cage. Schawinsky's painting practice also explored the boundaries of the medium and emphasized process, as seen in his Track series, which he \"painted\" using a car. In addition to the avant-garde utopias of the Bauhaus and proto-Happening art, Schawinsky's work connects to many other key movements in pre- and post-war modern art of the 20th century in Europe and the USA. His oeuvre can thus be read as emblematic of the transatlantic exchange of artistic ideas shaped by the political circumstances of the time, which left a lasting impact on art history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEditors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRaphael Gygax\u003cbr\u003eHeike Munder\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthors:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThorsten Blume\u003cbr\u003eEva Díaz\u003cbr\u003eRaphael Gygax\u003cbr\u003eJuliet Koss\u003cbr\u003eTobias Peper\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGerman \/ English\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 978-3-03764-397-6\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFebruary 2015\u003cbr\u003eSoftcover, 201 x 272 mm\u003cbr\u003e176 pages\u003cbr\u003eIllustrations: 58 in color \/ 31 in b\u0026amp;w\u003cbr\u003eDesign: Studio Marie Lusa\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished by JRP|Ringier\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":17161299001395,"sku":"","price":56.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0071\/3434\/7315\/files\/Kat_Ausst_2015_XantiSchawinsky_Page_01.jpg?v=1775553697","url":"https:\/\/shop.migrosmuseum.ch\/en\/products\/xanti-schawinsky","provider":"Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}